The Swamp Honeysuckle.
Azalea viscosa, Willd. Sp. Pl. vol. i. p. 831. Pursh, Flor. Amer. Sept. vol. i. p. 153. Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. Rhododendra, Juss.
The leaves of this species of Azalea are oblongo-obovate, acute, smooth on both sides; the flowers white, sweet-scented, with a very short calyx. It grows abundantly in almost every district of the United States, in such localities as are suited to it, namely, low damp meadows, swamps, and shady woods.